Some reflections on the trip - Vietnam is a beautiful country. The people are extremely friendly and welcoming. The majority of them work extremely hard in very extreme heat just to be able to feed their families. Their chance of being able to leave their tiny bubble to experience anything else is basically impossible. There is a very small minority that live well there, but that is because they are government officials and they are most likely corrupt, and know how to work the Communist system to their advantage.
I think it is very sad that so many thousands of Americans, and millions of Vietnamese people were killed in a war that to me seems senseless. I am not sure I understand what it accomplished, if anything.
It is very good to be back on US soil. How fortunate I am to live in a country where I am free to live as I want, travel to wherever I desire and enjoy an extremely privileged life. And that what traveling is really about - to "culture shock" and, in the end, come home with a refreshed perspective.
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